16 CEEAMBYCID2E. 



long, bispinose at each side, very closely, rugosely punctured, 

 dull, but with two small slightly raised spaces near the middle 

 which are sparsely punctured and glossy. Elytra more than twice 

 as long as broad, dull and somewhat coriaceous in appearance, 

 finely rugulose and very minutely punctulate. Thorax under- 

 neath rather thickly covered with longish tawny hairs, shorter 

 hairs of the same colour being less thickly spread on the tarsi and 

 tibiae ; abdomen with very short, sparsely scattered hairs. Last 

 ventral segment sinuate at the apex. 



. Antennae much shorter, joints third to eleventh serrate 

 instead of flabellate. Elytra slightly expanded below the middle. 

 Abdomen glabrous and more highly polished ; the last ventral 

 segment with rounded hind margin. 



Length 33-46 ; breadth 11-17 mm. 



Hob. Murree ; Kashmir. 



15. Prionus elliotti, sp. n. 



c? . Black above ; antennae, legs and body underneath pitchy 

 brown; tarsi reddish brown. Head closely punctured, impressed 

 with a median groove, which is finer and less distinct behind. 

 Antennae scarcely extending beyond the middle of the elytra, 

 12-jointed, joints third to eleventh each with a long process pro- 

 jecting obliquely in front from the apex ; third about one-third 

 longer than the first and twice as long as the fourth, its process 

 half as long as the joint itself ; fourth to eleventh subequal in 

 length, the ramus of each much longer than the stem ; twelfth 

 joint nearly twice as long as the eleventh. Prothorax closely 

 punctured ; with two spines on each side one short, at the 

 anterior angle, the other long and slightly recurved just before 

 the middle. Elytra less than twice as long as broad, densely 

 rugulose and somewhat sparsely punctured. Breast thickly 

 covered with long greyish hairs ; the abdomen with some shorter 

 sparsely scattered hairs. First joint of front tarsus longer than 

 the second, that of the hind tarsus almost as long as the second 

 and third united ; third joint of hind tarsus cleft to the middle. 



Length 33 ; breadth 13 mm. 



Hab. Baluchistan : near Quetta (C. Elliott). 



Genus PRIONOMMA. 



Prionomma, White, Cat. Coleopt. S. M., Longic. i, p. 19 (1853) ; 

 Lacord. Gen. Coleopt. viii, p. 58 



Type, P. atraturn, Gmelin. 



Range. That of the type species. 



S . Head short and broad ; the clypeus deeply depressed, 

 bounded above by an arcuate groove ; antenniferous tubers flat, 

 separated by a narrow but deep median groove, which is continued 

 along the vertex between two prominent supraorbital carinae ; eyes 



